Dec 28 >> Cri Du Chat Synth Pop, clash & behaviour

Slum dunk dedicates this show to Brazilian underground synth-pop acts. Expect old stuff from Cri Du Chat Disques plus tunes by City Limits, Resonate, Self & Inhumanoids, Um ou Não, Individual Industry, Silver Blood, Saara Saara.

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Dec 21 >> Film Music for the masses! Christmas Special!

This show is dedicated to the film music of composers Antonio Pinto & Jaques Morelenbaum (Central Station) plus Tetine’s (Slum Dunk) new soundtrack for Turkish Bath installation! A treat.

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Dec 14 >> My world is colourful. VANUSA & RONNIE VON

This show is dedicated to singer and songwriter Ronnie Von & and the amazing ‘colourful world’ of the blondest of the blonde Vanusa. Expect Ronnie Von’s hits from the 60’s and early 70’s and Vanusa’s amazing obscure soulfull hits. A treat!

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Dec 7 >> Atonalism and Punk Funk from Patife Band!

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to São Paulo experimental punk act Patife Band. Expect ace nervous music from their atonal punk funk seminal first album ‘Corredor Polonês’ and brand new live tracks recently recorded for their new release PIGS BLARGHHHHHHHH! Plus an exclusive interview with Paulo Barnabé! Unmissable!

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NOV 30 >> New Traditionalists: Dark Sambas & Indie Sambas a go go!

This is a show dedicated to Samba artists we have been defining as ‘the new traditionalists’ Expect sad guitars from Indie Samba artists such as Romulo Fróes, inventive sambas from Jorge Melodia, sexy Pagode Samabalanços from Fausto Fawcette, and the king of Rio de Janeiro cool Martinho da Villa!

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Nov 23 >> Ghetto electro for the Masses!

Slum Dunk proudly dedicates this show to all forms of ghetto electro produced in Brazil. Expect hybrids of Funk Carioca, Miami Bass, queer electro-funk, philosophic funk, electro rock, disco punk and much more! The best of Brazilian ghetto electro from the hills and beyond plus give always and other surprises! Unmissable!

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Nov 16 >> And they named it MANGUE BEAT!

Slum Dunk presents a series of programmes on the sound of RECIFE. In the early 90’s a new manifesto called MANGUE BEAT was written. Popular Brazilian Music would not be the same anymore. This is not Tropicália, this is not traditional MPB, and this is not what you think. Drums, computers and some of the most interesting poets from the north. Expect a show based on Chico Science, Nação Zumbi & Mundo Livre.

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Nov 9 >> In the beginning there’s always mini revolutions! Call me Vanguarda Paulista!

Slum Dunk pays tributes to Vanguarda Paulista by playing the strange pop atonalisms of Arrigo Barnabé and Itamar Assunção. Two of the greatest popular composers of an amazing local revolution which took São Paulo by the early 80’s. Expect live performances from the seminal Arrigo’s first album ‘Clara Crocodilo’ and other oddities by Itamar! Unmissable!

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Nov 2 >> São Paulo’s pioneer B Boys Thaide and DJ Hum in London!

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to the amazing music of Thaide & DJ Hum. Expect politico highly groovy tunes and some of their new stuff. This is São Paulo hip hop at its best!

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Oct 26 >> New Electro, Disco Punk, Punk Funk and other synths, casios and guitars!

There is a whole a new bunch of great obscure electro punk acts from SP you’ll only be able to listen here! So be prepared to meet Cansei de Ser Sexy, Jumbo Elektro, Thee Butchers Orquestra, I love Miami, Os Bonecos and much more! Great new blood! Unmissable!

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Oct 19 >> Slum Dunk Presents Funk Carioca is OUT!

Slum Dunk proudly dedicates this show to our first Funk Carioca compilation ‘Slum Dunk Presnts Funk Carioca’ mixed by Tetine. This show also celebrates one year of the Slum Dunk radio show on Resonance FM. Expect the best of Brazilian ghetto electro from the favelas, give aways and other surprises! Also a special interview with the King of Funk Carioca DJ MARLBORO! Unmissable!

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Oct 12 >> Drum & Bass, Drum and Bossa!

Slum Dunk pay tribute to Brazilian Drum & Bass with tracks from artists like XRX, Drummagick, Ramilson Maia amongst others.

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Oct 5 >> Avant HIP HOP from Brazil! Black August celebrations! Agosto Negro!

Slum Dunk presents Agosto Negro. The great Hip Hop Festival that took place around São Paulo last August. This show is entirely dedicated to black culture celebration and the best hip hop acts from Brazil. Expect the amazing music of KL Jay, Sabotage & Instituto, SP Funk, Thaide e DJ Hum, Possemente Zulu amongst other great artists.

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Sept 28 >> Slum Dunk >> Claudia Wonder + No Porn + Visavis

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to new electro bands from São Paulo. Expect new music from VISAVIS, Claudia Wonder, No Porn and Neutra.

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Sept 21 >> Experimental Heartbreaker Mauricio Pereira goes POP!

Slum Dunk dedicates an hour to singer and songwriter Mauricio Pereira (Ex Os Mulheres Negras) by playing from his brand new album Canções Que Um Dia Você Já Assobiou Vol 1 (Songs you have already whistled Volume 1). Expect an amazing selection of live tracks and other surprises from Mauricio’s old albums.

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August 3 >> Slum Dunk >> Marssares >> Beach Compressions

Slum Dunk presents a special live set with Brazilian performer and sound artist Marssares. The artist is in London to develop a new work for Gasworks Gallery. Marssares work involves intervening with spaces either to manipulate their existing ambient sound or to create a sound base on which other activities take place. Recently he set up his 'Sound Parks' around the city of Rio de janeiro. An ongoing 'Sound Park' is the one created for Ipanema beach, where a wooden sound structure is buried under the sand forming a web of speakers. People are invited to walk onto the speakers which could be both heard and felt.

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July 27 >> Slum Dunk >> Astrud Gilberto

Slum dunk dedicates an hour to the jazzy melancholia of queen of bossa Astrud Gilberto. Expect a selection of Brazilian classics sang in English and Portuguese. Plus the amazing arrangements of Eumir Deodato and Don Sebesky.
Unmissable! (Time Out London Radio Highlights, Jul 2004)

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July 20 >> Slum Dunk >> Girl Power from the Hills!

Taty says ‘I’m Ugly But I’m in Fashion’! Watch out cos Slum Dunk will proudly present a special selection with the best of new Brazilian Booty Bass sang by the greatest Funk Girls in Rio. Expect the highly particular music from As Pepitinhas, As Tchutchucas, Taty Quebra Barraco, Deise Tigrona, Bonde Faz Gostoso, Vanessinha amongst other Funk divas. Plus an interview with anthropologist and the editor of Big Mix (Rio’s brand new magazine specialised in Funk Carioca) Oswaldo Carvalho. Girl Power from the Hills! Unmissable.

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July 13 >> Slum Dunk >> Arnaldo Antunes + Richard Shusterman

This show is dedicated to São Paulo’s maverick Arnaldo Antunes. Expect Arnaldo’s post concrete poetry approach with plenty of odd dark sambas, electronica and experimental pop, including his collaborative works with Edgard Scandura, Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown and Zaba. Plus ‘Slum Dunk in conversation with American ‘ghetto philosopher’ Richard Shusterman on subcultures, the birth of country music, hip hop and Rio’s funk. (Time Out London Radio Highlights, Jul 2004)

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July 6 >> Slum Dunk >> TETINE premier O BONDE DO TETÃO

This show is dedicated to Tetine’s brand new funk tunes. Expect a preview of our next album Bonde Do Tetão (Bizarre Records) with a special set of twisted disco punk, macumba beats and shameless electro-funk. Plus an amazing interview with André Fischer (Mix Brasil’s Festival curator) on sex, diversity, Brazilian independent filmmaking, funk carioca and much more!

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June 29 >> Slum Dunk >> JOÃO GILBERTO

This show is entirely dedicated to the inventor of Bossa Nova, João Gilberto! Expect great performances from his amazing album Brazil with Caetano, Gil and Bethania plus lots of other bossas! Unmissable!

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June 22 >> Slum Dunk >> FUNK CARIOCA, DJ MARLBORO & SLUM DUNK presents FUNK CARIOCA

Slum Dunk is proud to present a great selection of FUNK CARIOCA to celebrate DJ MARLBORO dates in London and the release of our first compilation ‘Slum Dunk Presents Funk Carioca’. DJ Marlboro is the originator of FUNK in Rio. So expect the best funk tunes straight from his case!

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June 15 >> Slum Dunk >> Rio's Post-Funk of Fausto Fawcett and Fernanda Abreu

This show is dedicated to the music of Carioca philosopher, Copacabana-obsessed and Funk-Macumba art pop activist Fausto Fawcett. We’ll be playing and commenting on his amazing tales of Rio’s life style. Fausto Fawcett wrote the great electro tune ‘Rio 40’ and Katia Flavia. Expect his solo pieces as well as Fausto’s work in collaboration with Fernanda Abreu.

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June 8 >> Slum Dunk >> Back to São Paulo

This show is dedicated to São Paulo’s avant-rock scene with the greatest of the city’s Past and Present acts. Expect the amazing energetic new wave/post-punk from the all female outfit As Mercenárias, the experimentalism from Objeto Amarelo, the atonal classics from Arrigo Barnabé, Smack and much more!

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June 1 >> Slum Dunk >> Exquisite, ultra-melodious folk music from the corner!

This show is dedicated to the music of ‘Clube da Esquina’ (The Corner’s Club), Brazil’s 70’s ultra-melodious post-tropicalist folk movement from Minas Gerais led by Lô Borges, Milton and co. Expect classic and obscure tunes from Grammy award-winning Milton Nascimento, Beto Guedes, Toninho Horta, Joyce and Lô Borges.

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May 25 >> Slum Dunk >> Special selection of funks chosen by DJ Marlboro!

Slum Dunk interviews king of Funk Carioca DJ MARLBORO and presents a special selection of funks chosen by the man himself. This is to celebrate DJ Marboro’s gig at Sonar in Barcelona, his June dates in London and the release of our compilation SLUM DUNK PRESENTS FUNK CARIOCA on Mr Bongo Records in June. Unmissable!

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May 18 >> Slum Dunk >> Os Mutantes' Psychedelic Maverick Arnaldo Batista is back!

Arnaldo Batista is back, alive and kicking! Slum Dunk presents an entire show to celebrate the NEW music of Arnaldo – the great former member from art rockers ‘OS Mutantes’ with a selection of tracks from his new album unreleased yet. After a silence of almost 20 years, Arnaldo recorded a brand new album with the production help from John Pato Fu and composer Rubinho Troll. Expect Arnaldo’s great harmonies, experiments and his amazing melodic sense. Plus a chat with Rubinho Troll who will be commenting track by track.
Unmissable and historical! (Time Out London Radio Highlights, May 2004)

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May 11 >> Slum Dunk >> Vive Le King Roberto!

This show is entirely dedicated to the music of Brazilian heartbreaker Roberto Carlos.
Expect his great moments with Jovem Guarda – 60’s Brazilian ye-ye-ye movement running parallel to Tropicalia – music from his cheesy years and bits of a recent unplugged concert from 2001.

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May 4 >> Slum Dunk >> Brazil’s 40 Degrees: Slum Dunk Presents RIO’s FUNK Carioca to celebrate Brazil’s month in London

Slum Dunk will be previously playing from its first compilation ‘Slum Dunk presents Funk Carioca’ through a live DJ set of Brazilian Beats on Resonance FM. This is to celebrate Brazil’s month in London with the event Brazil’s 40� at Selfridges. Expect an amazing selection of funks with Tati Quebra Barraco, Almicar & Chocolate, Bonde do Tigrão plus an amazing interview with director André Fisher from Mix Brasil Festival on the subjects of sexuality, Brazilian films and funk tunes.

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April 27 >> Slum Dunk >> Funk and Football

Slum Dunk presents a selection of Funk Carioca, NEW rap and hip hop/samba acts from São Paulo and Rio. Expect great music from Marcelo D2, Nega Gizza, Racionais MCs, Dayse Tigrona, MC Priscilla amongst others. Plus an interview with journalist Alex Bellos (The Guardian’s correspondent in Brazil) on his life in Rio, his book Football, Brazilian Music, Bailes Funk, Carnival, Brazilian Media, Hip Hop and much more! Unmissable. (Time Out London Radio Highlights, April 2004)

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April 20 >> Slum Dunk >> Tom Zé and the celebration of Brazilin avant-pop!

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to the music and performance of Tom Zé. Traditionally known as one of Brazil’s most radical MPB artists, Tom Zé has written powerful music since the mid 60’s. We will be commenting on his musical trajectory from his early days from Tropicália movement to his collaborative projects with Tortoise and his new music. Expect a great selection of past and present tunes. Unmissable!

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April 13 >> Slum Dunk >> New Blood on the block!

Second programme of our series on Brazil’s NEW independent music with sweaty electro sambas, post Mangue-Beat tunes, mutant disco, São Paulo’s grey electronica and much more!
Expect great music from new acts such as Wado, Totonho e os Cabra, Gerador Zero, Monoaural plus Tetine's Electro-Funks, B Negão, Objeto Amarelo. Plus an interview with Brazilian, London-based journalist Juliano Zappia who is currently the editor of bilingual Brazilian magazine Jungle Drums!

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April 6 >> Slum Dunk >> High Camp with Brazilian Heartbreakers!

A special selection of Brazilian heartbreakers. Expect pop gems from the late 70’s disco divas As Frenéticas plus Perla, Maria Alcina, Angela Rorô, Secos e Molhados and new music by queer punk outfit Os Textículos de Mary! Including comments by Brazilian producer and journalist Rodrigo Araújo.
Camper than a row of tents!

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Mar 30 >> Slum Dunk >> FUNK CARIOCA is the Rio (REAL) ELECTRO!

Brazilian leftfield electro-sex from the hills of Rio De Janeiro with the amazing DJ Marlboro and guests. Plus an interview with legendary Brazilian movie and theatre actress Maria Padilha on the contemporary sounds of Rio. Expect brand new Proibidão tunes – Brazil’s xxx-rated electro statements from the Favelas distributed by street vendors around the country and other surprises, Furacão 2000, MC Catra, Tati, MC Claudinho and Bonde do Tigrão. Unmissable!

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Mar 23 >> Slum Dunk >> Have lunch with us and OS MUTANTES!

'Resonance's Brazilian music show dedicates a lunchtime to art-rockers Os Mutantes.' (Time Out, Mar 2004)

This show is entirely dedicated to great Tropicália experimental art rockers/pranksters Os Mutantes. Expects rare tracks from their early albums, English versions from the amazing Technicolor – their ‘lost album’ recorded in Paris in 1971 only released in 1999 - the amazing solo works by Arnaldo Batista (Ce Tá Pensando Que Eu Sou Loki) and Rita Lee’s Fruto Proibido. Plus talks on their trajectory as a rock band ahead of their time in Brazil. Unmissable!

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Mar 16 >> Slum Dunk >> New Independent Electronica and other Sambas

Past present and future from Brazil’s new independent electronic music scene with sweaty electro sambas, post Mangue-Beat tunes, mutant disco, São Paulo’s grey electronica and much more! Expect comments and music by Totonho e os Cabra, Otto, Wado, Bojo, Kassim, Tetine, Loop B, Multiplex, Neutra, Rebeca Matta, National, Chance and Shiva Las Vegas. Plus an interview with Loop B and CDs to give away.

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Mar 9 >> Slum Dunk >> Brazilian lost pop and folk classics (PART II)

Second programme of our three-part series on lost Brazilian pop & folk classics specially selected by Folha de São Paulo's music critic and journalist Pedro Alexandre Sanches. Author of the amazing and ultra-controversial book 'Tropicalismo - Decadência Bonita do Samba' (Tropicalism - The Beautiful Decadence of Samba, Ed Boi Tempo), Pedro was interviewed by Slum Dunk last December in São Paulo. Expect rarities from Jorge Ben, Wilson Simonal, Tim Maia, Raul Seixas plus extraordinary comments by the man himself on every track you'll listen to. Unmissable!

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Mar 2 >> Slum Dunk >> New Music and film music

Film Music and new sound pieces from São Paulo electro-acoustic composers Vanderlei Lucentini, Anna Maria Kieffer, Wilson Sukorski and Livio Tratemberg. Expect atmospherics, atonalisms, poetry written in Brazil before 1792 plus an amazing interview with sound artist Vanderlei Lucentini recorded for Slum Dunk last December in São Paulo.

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Feb 22 >> Slum Dunk >> Brazilian lost pop and folk classics

This show is dedicated to Brazilian lost pop & folk classics specially selected by Folha de São Paulo’s main music critic and journalist Pedro Alexandre Sanches. Expect rarities from Jorge Ben, Erasmo Carlos, Wandreléia and Nara Leão plus extraordinary comments along the tracks by the man himself in Portuguese. Unmissible!

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Feb 17 >> Tetine perform Living Room on Slum Dunk from Resonance Fm 104.4.

Living Room is a digital mini-opera for electronics, piano and voice commissioned by Queen Mary University - Artist in Residency Program - during 2000. Expect atmospherics, found voices and atonal/orchestral harmonies plus spoken word tales of love and loss.
You'll listen to Tetine's fictional/real story as a band told in melodic English as a second language tone.

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Feb 10 >> Slum Dunk >> sweaty electro punk from the hills of Rio

Next show is on contemporary Brazilian Erotica pieces. We'll enter the universes of Copacabana obsessed philosopher/composer Fausto Fawcett, Rio's electro scene from the hills with Tati Quebra Barraco and Vanessinha Picatchu plus the latest from leftfield folk composer Jorge Mautner.

In addition, bits of a great street chat on the subjects of sex, Brazilian electro, Rio de Janeiro, Peaches Vs Tati Quebra Barraco with singer songwriter, cartoonist, activist and fanzine maker Cynthia BBB followed by an interview with artists Erika Verzutti and Marcos Farinha.
Expect sweaty electro tracks and great folk music!

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Feb 3 >> Slum Dunk >> The organic electronica from Bojo and Maria Alcina

Slum Dunk's new slot on Resonance Fm begins on Feb 3. Now we go on air every Tuesday from 1 to 2 pm (London time). Next show is dedicated to São Paulo electronica four-piece BOJO and the superbly deep voiced performer Maria Alcina. Expect tracks from BOJO's new album 'Agora' made in collaboration with Maria Alcina released at the end of 2003 plus Alcina's solo albums from the 70's with bits of an amazing conversation Tetine had with the artists in an Italian restaurant in São Paulo.

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Jan 22 and 29 >> Slum Dunk >> Brazilian Beat and DJ Claudio Medusa

Next two shows are dedicated to Paulista New york-based DJ Claudio Medusa and the great Brazilian Beat clubnight in NYC. We'll play classic and obscure Brazilian soul/funk tracks from the late 60's and 70's and bits of an amazing one-hour long interview in Portuguese with the DJ recorded last November. Expect rarities from Tony & Frankye, Os Incríveis, Os Diagonais and much more!